Evening: Ponte Al Mare, Pisa by Percy Bysshe Shelley: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Evening: Ponte Al Mare, Pisa that begins with:

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The sun is set; the swallows are asleep;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdd Xefefgg XhahaXi Xejejii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0101010101 0111010011 0111101101 1101100111 10010010001 1111000101 1 1011101101 1101011001 0101000111 10010010001 0111110111 1101010001 1 01010001010 0101000101 1000101010 0101010101 100 1101010111 1 01001011101 11010001001 1101010101 1011010001 11000101001 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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